New Mexico, November 1958November 1958

Insufficient Data

Summary

A civilian passenger on a Greyhound bus saw an unusual object while traveling in New Mexico about a week or two before Thanksgiving in November 1958. The witness described the object as flat and round, with an aluminum-like appearance. According to the report, it moved across the sky at extremely high speed, faster than any jet aircraft the witness had seen.

The sighting was reported to the Air Force in a letter dated March 21, 1962, more than three years after the event. Because the initial report lacked enough detail to reach a conclusion, the Foreign Technology Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio requested that a more detailed questionnaire be sent to the witness to gather additional information.

The Air Force marked this case as involving insufficient data for evaluation. The full case file is reproduced below as held by the National Archives, spanning 7 pages.

Reported location

New Mexico, November 1958

Date of incident

November 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

7 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 34

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 7

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| 1. DATE 2, LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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: November 1658 New Mexico 0 Probably Balloon |
: 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Bh feesiEly, Ratiosn
Eager SS VR YE &F Ground-Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar a LL AL
CMT 0 Air Visual a Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
i: 5, PHOTOS 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
Q Yes O Probably Astronomical :
: 30 Na Civilian D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE {O11 AR GRRL Er Seg
: ‘8 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
A 1 0 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Unidentified object viewed a week or two Request for additional information
before Thanksgiving from Grayhound bus sent. Report of 1958 sighting sent
somewhere in New Mexico. Described as to FTD in 1962, Insufficient data for
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28980895